SA OPEN golf
Big field stands between Oosthuizen and joining famous five
Only five men have won both the oldest and second-oldest open championships still in existence and Louis Oosthuizen was reminded on Wednesday that he could add his name to that illustrious list this week. “That would be really something special. To have won The Open and SA Open would be very special‚” said Oosthuizen about joining Bobby Locke‚ Gary Player‚ Bob Charles‚ Ernie Els and Henrik Stenson. The 2010 Open champion cautioned‚ however‚ that the sheer size of the 240-player field narrows his odds of tasting success at Randpark Golf Club. And while the suffocating heat in Gauteng this week will present a challenge to the entire field‚ Oosthuizen remarked that the heat will be on in a less literal sense too. “It’s all on how you start‚ how you get out of the blocks on Thursday and Friday‚” he said. “We all know the cut’s going to be really low‚ so you can’t really cruise from the start. You need to start well and play well and make sure you’re there by the weekend. “Once you’re th...
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